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Ukrainian President and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Petro Poroshenko has ordered the chief of the General Staff to cease fire from 18.00 on September 5, the presidential press service has reported. “Based on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call to the leaders of illegal armed formations in Donbas to cease fire...

Peace between Ukraine and Russia should be established on the basis of a plan offered by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, not his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this while opening a government meeting on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Peace should be established on the...

The Netherlands will allocate EUR 400,000 to strengthen the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said this as part of the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday, the press service of the Dutch government reported. “The Netherlands and Poland will be the lead nations for a trust fund to help strengthen the Ukrainian armed...

The Contact Group involving representatives of Ukraine, DPR, LPR and the OSCE at a meeting on Friday signed a protocol on a ceasefire in Donbas starting from 18.00 on Friday. Ukrainian media reported this, citing sources close to the negotiations. In particular, according to available information, the protocol consists of 14 points, which include...

NATO member states will supply armament to Ukraine even if a truce is achieved after today’s talks in Minsk. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The establishment of a truce that would help assess...

Ukraine’s representative at the negotiations of the Trilateral Contact Group, former President Leonid Kuchma, has said that he has come to Minsk for peace. He told this to journalists before a meeting of the contact group involving Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE, BelTA reported. “We have come to Minsk for peace. As far as Ukraine is...

About 2,000 Russian troops have already been killed in the area of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in Donbas. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “According to latest intelligence data, total losses...

The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) suspended imports of all confectionaries from Ukraine from September 5, according to a statement posted on Rospotrebnadzor’s website. “The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare reports...

Seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 59 injured in Donbas over the past 24 hours. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. He said that 27 cases of fighting with Russian servicemen and terrorists in the...

The European Union is preparing new sanctions against Russia, which will affect state-owned oil companies – Rosneft, Gazprom Neft and Transneft, Britain’s Financial Times newspaper has reported, citing a document approved by the European Commission. “Those criteria would hit Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil group, and Gazprom...